# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=550 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 551 --- ## [Pence just visited, and I did my part](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pence-just-visited-and-i-did-my-part/784844)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pence-just-visited-and-i-did-my-part/784844 "2017-04-22T17:04:28Z")
Vice President Pence has just visited Jakarta, Indonesia, which is where I live. Understandably, his visit involved a helluva lot of security issues, and a certain amount of … inconvenience … to various people, mostly A… --- ## [Finish the joke:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-joke/784933)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-joke/784933 "2017-04-22T16:21:07Z")
Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent and Kid Rock walk into the White House. . . --- ## [Need help with fixing a broken USB plug without any tools.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-fixing-a-broken-usb-plug-without-any-tools/784975)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-fixing-a-broken-usb-plug-without-any-tools/784975 "2017-04-22T14:46:30Z")
The USB port thingy that supplies audio stuff to my headphones has broken in two, one the USB board itself, and two the USB plug-in. The USB plug has separated from the board and I don’t have any fancy tools such as sol… --- ## [I need help please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-please/782104)
**Author:** [@Telli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telli)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-please/782104 "2017-04-22T14:24:56Z")
My daughter is seven with autism and is not verbal. She fell at school and hurt her foot or ankle. She has not walked since Friday. I took her to the ER and they say it’s not broken according to the X-rays and looks fi… --- ## [More dangerous than smart cars...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-dangerous-than-smart-cars/784986)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-dangerous-than-smart-cars/784986 "2017-04-22T14:13:31Z")
Forget about self-driving smart cars. The real danger we face is \*think tanks. \*(Stolen from today’s Pearls Before Swine…) --- ## [Happy Hooters web cam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hooters-web-cam/784449)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hooters-web-cam/784449 "2017-04-22T12:41:44Z")
I know some are frustrated by the lack of action in April’s barn so I thought I’d share the Happy Hooters web cam. Our neighbor has a webcam placed in his owl box. https://video.nest.com/live/dd4R1DFRqg The adult barr… --- ## [I Can't Go Home Again. Literally.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-go-home-again-literally/784691)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-go-home-again-literally/784691 "2017-04-22T10:16:22Z")
So, my parents have sold our childhood home. It’s not a surprise. For as long as I remember, they’ve always said they’d move somewhere else to spend their golden years. First, they dreamt of settling down in southern Fra… --- ## [Was I just (semi-) unfriended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-just-semi-unfriended/784292)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-just-semi-unfriended/784292 "2017-04-22T10:15:01Z")
Noticed on Facebook that it was the birthday of a woman I used to work with. I wanted to leave her a birthday greeting, but the feature that lets me post on her wall was missing. I looked at the pages of other people wh… --- ## [The Beatnik Excoricism Of Senator Joe "Tailgunner" McCarthy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatnik-excoricism-of-senator-joe-tailgunner-mccarthy/784877)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatnik-excoricism-of-senator-joe-tailgunner-mccarthy/784877 "2017-04-21T22:39:29Z")
It happened in 1968, and I remember it like it was an Internet Web-link… --- ## [On second thought there might be a problem with my solution.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-second-thought-there-might-be-a-problem-with-my-solution/784479)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-second-thought-there-might-be-a-problem-with-my-solution/784479 "2017-04-21T22:06:06Z")
I was out doing some yard work and spaced out while looking at a neighbor’s house. I had never really noticed before,but there is a bay window that doesn’t really fit in. Doesn’t look bad or anything just doesn’t quite l… --- ## [Ranger Jeff's in the hospital.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranger-jeffs-in-the-hospital/765302)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranger-jeffs-in-the-hospital/765302 "2017-04-21T21:38:32Z")
Longtime Doper Ranger Jeff (The Hero of American Youth) was taken to a hospital this morning, he’s had a stroke. I talked to him a few minutes ago and he’s still going through tests and they’re watching him pretty close… --- ## [Nurses mental health issues do NOT effect their ability to do their job, so it is claimed in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurses-mental-health-issues-do-not-effect-their-ability-to-do-their-job-so-it-is-claimed-in-the-uk/784256)
**Author:** [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurses-mental-health-issues-do-not-effect-their-ability-to-do-their-job-so-it-is-claimed-in-the-uk/784256 "2017-04-21T21:25:44Z")
‘There is no evidence that nurses’ mental health issues effect their ability to do their job’ --- ## [Parent commits suicide after false accusation of sex with child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parent-commits-suicide-after-false-accusation-of-sex-with-child/784931)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parent-commits-suicide-after-false-accusation-of-sex-with-child/784931 "2017-04-21T18:55:36Z")
A sad story here. It’s the usual story: the partner separates and takes the children and contact becomes difficult or lost, the accused becomes depressed, and despite vindication commits suicide. --- ## [Glitter Butts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitter-butts/783156)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitter-butts/783156 "2017-04-21T18:00:33Z")
Not that I don’t mind shots of callipygian buttocks encrusted with colorful substances, but this seems more like coating the underbutt. And it looks scratchy and uncomfortable. Just go back to painting them. --- ## [Tsundoku](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsundoku/784833)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsundoku/784833 "2017-04-21T15:36:57Z")
There’s A Japanese Word For People Who Buy More Books Than They Can Actually Read I’d plead guilty, except that I actually do read the books I pile up. Maybe not immediately, but my hoard has gotten me through period… --- ## [Need a good site for sending flowers/note](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-site-for-sending-flowers-note/201505)
**Author:** [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-site-for-sending-flowers-note/201505 "2016-08-31T08:01:08Z")
Any recommendations on a good site to send flowers sameday/overnight? I’d also need to have option to include own message with the flowers. I like the way these roses look and price is right (\<$100 total), but I’ve seen … --- ## [Forgotten history: women couldn't run Boston Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-history-women-couldnt-run-boston-marathon/784718)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-history-women-couldnt-run-boston-marathon/784718 "2017-04-21T02:58:45Z")
I was pretty young in the late sixties. I remember hearing about marathon runners. Jim Fixx was all over the TV and magazines encouraging people to jog. That is until he fell over dead from a heart attack: While jogging.… --- ## [Hurray, WaitButWhy has put out the article about the neuralink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-waitbutwhy-has-put-out-the-article-about-the-neuralink/784881)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-waitbutwhy-has-put-out-the-article-about-the-neuralink/784881 "2017-04-21T00:48:54Z")
Does anyone else read this blog? I’ve been waiting for this blog post (the size of a small book) for a week now about attempts to create a brain-machine interface. Musk fanboys unite. --- ## [My wife and I and our twin boys are in a Facebook Ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-and-our-twin-boys-are-in-a-facebook-ad/784727)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-and-our-twin-boys-are-in-a-facebook-ad/784727 "2017-04-20T23:07:50Z")
So I am walking back to my office and one of my co-workers calls me to her desk. She said ‘I just got a message from Katie (a woman who left the company a while ago) and she saw you in an ad on Facebook. She sent it to … --- ## [Megafauna Extinction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megafauna-extinction/784803)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megafauna-extinction/784803 "2017-04-20T22:38:56Z")
A new study has confirmed the primary cause of megafaunal extinctions that occurred (mostly in North America) around 10000 years ago. Altho the so called Overkill Hypothesis had been soundly debunked decades ago\*, scien… --- ## [(Un)Common Knowledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-common-knowledge/780524)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-common-knowledge/780524 "2017-04-20T22:23:13Z")
What do you factual knowledge do you possess that you are surprised that more people are clueless about? The one thing I feel I’ve done more than my share of explaining is the 1st/2nd/3rd cousins one/twice/etc., removed… --- ## [Q for Portland / Northwesty sf fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-portland-northwesty-sf-fans/784820)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-portland-northwesty-sf-fans/784820 "2017-04-20T21:05:40Z")
I am trying to find someone I knew in the Portland area about twenty years ago, and the usual searches aren’t turning her up. If you’ve been involved in sf fandom in the region - Orycon, Westercon etc. - you might know h… --- ## [My Husband Has Bladder Cancer \[sad update\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-has-bladder-cancer-sad-update/776524)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 443\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-has-bladder-cancer-sad-update/776524 "2017-04-20T20:23:32Z")
The Other Half spent more of December in the hospital than out of it. We finally found out why. In addition to a very nasty, drug-resistant urinary tract infection he has bladder cancer. Urothelial carcinoma, to be pr… --- ## [Just curious about something (4/20)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-about-something-4-20/784839)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-about-something-4-20/784839 "2017-04-20T13:36:23Z")
Not sure where to put this. I’m from Colorado, but for years before legalization, there were large demonstrations/parties in very conspicuous places (like in a Denver park right between the State Capitol and the City/Co… --- ## [Can You Do Something With My Hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-with-my-hair/784708 "2017-04-20T12:57:51Z")
I’m at a loss as to what to do with my hair. I want to wear it long, but it just doesn’t seem to work on my head. Maybe I need to grow it more (I’ve been growing it for about a year, maybe a little longer); maybe I need … --- ## [Traveling in Nebraska](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-in-nebraska/784599)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-in-nebraska/784599 "2017-04-20T12:28:26Z")
In August my mother and I will be going north to Nebraska for the eclipse. We’ll either see it in Auburn or Beatrice. The last two years we have taken car trips around Kansas, our home state. We saw Big Brutus, the ea… --- ## ["Even 1955 wasn't 1955" - omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-1955-wasnt-1955-omnibus-thread/784117)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-1955-wasnt-1955-omnibus-thread/784117 "2017-04-20T09:49:16Z")
Something that’s coursed through a few recent threads on policy and economics, and a concept I’ve written about and discussed for several years, is the overall idea that the postwar era was representative of normality in… --- ## [The Pass Over MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/784159)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/784159 "2017-04-20T02:58:23Z")
Yes, two words; give me a minute to get there… My friend posted a pic yesterday of the sun just starting to peek up. I know she likes to get up early & run before irk, but on Sunday??? I prefer to sleep in just a wee … --- ## [Warning: Avoid Oklahoma toll roads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-avoid-oklahoma-toll-roads/784474)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-avoid-oklahoma-toll-roads/784474 "2017-04-20T02:55:42Z")
Ok, so last weekend I was in Norman Oklahoma and wanted to drive out to Red Rock canyon. Now instead of taking I-35 and I-44 around I decided to take the direct route from highway 9 straight west. Well I’m driving along… --- ## [Just petty bitching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-petty-bitching/784684)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-petty-bitching/784684 "2017-04-20T02:18:28Z")
My roommate has this habit of putting on loud music in his room, which adjoins the kitchen, each night when I go out to cook dinner. Unfortunately, he is stuck in the 1970s, and not in a good way. I don’t know exactly wh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=549) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=551)